单选题New technology links the world as never before. Our planet has shrunk. It's a new "global village" where countries are only seconds away by fax or phone or satellite link. And, of course, our ability to benefit from this high-tech communications equipment is greatly enhanced by foreign language skills. Deeply involved with this new technology is a breed of modem businesspeople who have a growing respect for the economic value of doing business abroad. In modem markets, success overseas often helps support domestic business efforts. Overseas assignments are becoming increasingly important to advancement within executive ranks. The executive stationed in another country no longer needs fear being "out of sight and out of mind". He or she can be sure that the overseas effort is central to the company's plan for success, and that promotions often follow or accompany an assignment abroad, if an employee can succeed in a difficult assignment overseas, superiors will have greater confidence in his or her ability to come back in the United States where cross-cultural considerations and foreign language issues are becoming more and prevalent (普遍的) . Thanks to a variety of relatively inexpensive communications devices with business applications, even small businesses in the United States are able to get into international markets. English is still the international language of business. But there is an ever-growing need for people who can speak another language. A second language isn't generally required to get a job in business, but having language skills gives a candidate the edge when other qualifications appear to be equal. The employee posted abroad who speaks the country's principal language has an opportunity to fist-forward certain negotiations, and can have the cultural insight to know when it is better to move more slowly. The employee at the home office who can communicate well with foreign clients over the telephone or by fax machine is an obvious asset to the firm.

单选题{{B}} DirectiOns : For each blank in the following passage, choose the best answer from the choices givenbelow. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET by drawing with a pencil a short bar acrossthe corresponding letter in the brackets.{{/B}} The first and smallest unit that can be discussed in relation to language is the word. In speaking,the choice of words is{{U}} 31 {{/U}}the utmost importance. Proper selection will eliminate one source of{{U}} 32 {{/U}}breakdown in the communication cycle. Too often, careless use of words{{U}} 33 {{/U}}a meeting of the mindsof the speaker and listener. The words used by the speaker may{{U}} 34 {{/U}}unfavorable reactions in thelistener{{U}} 35 {{/U}}interfere with his comprehension; hence, the transmission-reception system breaksdown.{{U}} 36 {{/U}}, inaccurate or indefinite words may make{{U}} 37 {{/U}}difficult for thelistener to understandthe{{U}} 38 {{/U}}which is being transmitted to him. The speaker who does not have specific words in hisworking vocabulary may be{{U}} 39 {{/U}}to explain or describe in a{{U}} 40 {{/U}}that can be understood by hislisteners.

单选题A. How's everything going? B: ______.

单选题My calculation was wrong because I Uoverlooked/U one tiny point.

单选题{{B}}Passage Two{{/B}} It is a fair bet that more than half of the PCs bought this Christmas in America for less than $1 000 will have AMD rather than Intel inside. Not content with this seasonal miracle, Advanced Micro Devices is bidding to loosen Intel's grip on the more profitable high end of the market too. It could well succeed. For most of its existence, AMD has lived in the shadow of the deal that it did with Intel in 1982. To power its PCs, IBM had decided to buy Intel's new x-86 chips, but wanted a second supplier to keep Intel under control. Under the terms of the agreement, Intel got the contract, but had to share its intellectual property with the smaller AMD. Intel broke the arrangement, AMD started a lawsuit, and thus began nearly a decade of bitter legal battles between the two companies. The conflict misrepresented AMD's business, absorbed management energy and weakened investor confidence. By selling cheap Intel clones(克隆产品), AMD staggered (蹒跚，摇晃) on, sometimes quite successfully, especially if Intel was late to market with a new product. But despite the support of computer makers complaining under Intel's dominance, trying to get a lift on the back of an ill-tempered 8001b gorilla(大猩猩) was proving a risky form of existence. Eventually, under a settlement in 1995, AMD gave up any rights to Intel microcode. It was confident that its home-grown k5 would give Intel's Pentium a run for its money, while a new $1.8 billion plant in Texas would meet demand and match Intel's manufacturing skills. It did not. Design faults put the k5 more than two years behind the Pentium, and the Austin plant lay largely idle.

单选题A: Have you ever been to the Temple of Heaven in Beijing?B: ______

单选题The only hotel in Chicago directly overlooking Lake Michigan is ______.

单选题What is the difference between the resorts advertised and the Embassy Suites Hotels?

单选题A: Why do you always tell me what to do? To be frank, I don't like it.B: I know, but ______

单选题Bob: Can I help with your luggage? Mary: ______ A. No, thanks. I can manage it. B. No, many thanks. I can do. C. No, not necessary. Thank you anyway. D. No, you needn't. Thank you anyway.

单选题Interviewer: Mr. Wang, I"m very much impressed. There"s no need for further questions. Wang: ______.

单选题The importance of fitness should not be ______ because it is not developed in a day.

单选题When there's doubt, the examiner's decision is ______. A. right B. final C. definite D. fixed

单选题Receptionist: Can I help you? Customer:______ Where do I pay my fees?

单选题He ______ me to give up the holidays in Spain next month.

单选题I will not spend so much money on that fur coat, for I don't think it is ______. A. worth buying B. worth to buy C. worthy buying D. worthy of buy

单选题Many businesses' promotion campaigns ______ because they never fulfill what they have said in their ads.

单选题 Some spiders hunt on the ground, others build webs to trap their food, but the grass water spider catches its prey by running along the surface of the water. This special water spider lives on the grassy banks of streams where mosquitoes, damselflies and other insects come to feed and breed. Although it is one of the largest spiders in New Zealand, it has an unusual ability. It doesn't disturb the water as it waits for its meal, and there is barely a ripple when it skims across the surface at lightning speed to catch its prey. Grass water spiders deal swiftly with larger insects like damselflies by pulling their heads under the water and holding them there until they drown. After a meal, the grass water spider spends up to half an hour grooming itself. It wipes its eight eyes, brushes its antennae, and takes special care to clean the hairs on its body. It is the hairs that trap tiny bubbles of air so that the spider can run down a blade of grass and stay underwater for up to an hour when it is frightened. The hairs also keep the spider dry, even underwater. It is only when the female spider is caring for the young that she does not hunt on the water. After mating, she produces a large egg sac, which she carries around for five weeks. Once the eggs start to hatch, she attaches the sac to some blades of grass or a thistle. She then tears the sac open and releases the tiny spiders into the nursery web.

单选题He is very tired. He needs ______. A. a good night rest B. good rest of a night C. a good rest night D. a good night's rest

单选题"John isn't here now." " ______ left by the back door?" A. Must he have B. Might he have C. Had he D. Should he have